“Tower,” “The Arabalest” win big at SXSW Film jury awards

SXSW announced the 2016 Jury and Special Award-winners at the SXSW Film Awards at the Paramount Theatre Tuesday night. The awards were hosted by Mike Birbiglia, director of “Don’t Think Twice,” which debuted at SXSW March 13.

In the category of feature film grand jury awards, Adam Pinney’s “The Arbalest” won the Narrative Feature Competition, while Andre Royo took a Special Jury Recognition for best actor in “Hunter Gatherer” while Lily Rabe took best actress for “Miss Stevens.”

Austin director Keith Maitland’s “Tower” won the documentary feature competition, while Matthew Ornstein’s “Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America” took a Special Jury Recognition for Portrait Documentary. “Tower” also took the Louis Black “Lone Star” award. Special Jury Recognition for Cinematography went to Lee Daniel’s work on “The Seer.”